Collaboration. Innovation. Growth.Businesses, knowledge institutes and government organisations

for a strong Amsterdam metropolitan area.

A strong economic region. That is the main focus of businesses,

knowledge institutes and the government in the Amsterdam Economic

Board, a collaboration that promotes joint development in strong

economic clusters, removes obstacles and combines implementation

and resources. Ambition: the Amsterdam metropolitan area to be among

the top five economic regions in Europe by 2020.

The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area extends from Haarlem via Amsterdam and Almere to Lelystad, and from Zaandam and Haarlemmer-meer to Hilversum. It is a bustling urban network with seven strong and internationally oriented clusters. The region is of vital importance to the Dutch economy and has all that’s needed in terms of innovation and economy to be at the top. There is a very high level of knowledge production and economic activity, and the tolerant atmosphere and commercial mentality attract people and

businesses from the Netherlands and abroad. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the ports of the Amsterdam area, roads and railways provide physical connections to the rest of the world. The AMS-IX – the second largest internet hub in the world – provides all necessary digital connections. But in order to make full use of all this potential, better collaboration is needed between knowledge institutes, businesses and government authorities. This is why in 2010 they joined forces in the Amsterdam Economic Board.

The Amsterdam metropolitan area

Growth: Global business hub in Europe, with

sustainable prosperity and work opportunities

From Hamburg to Singapore: all across the world strong urban regions are emerging that compete with one another. The ambition of the Amsterdam Economic Board is to develop the Amsterdam metropolitan area into one of the leading global business hubs in Europe and to position itself as an intercontinental hub of commerce, people and information. To achieve this ambition businesses, knowledge institutes and the government have joined forces to strengthen the regional economy. By investing in this together, by facilitating collaboration between all relevant parties and by removing obstacles that prevent the growth of promising sectors. With the aim of more sustainable prosperity and work opportunities.

The Amsterdam metropolitan area: Global business hub

Ambition

Growth

Innovation

Cooperation

LifeSciences

Food &flowers

Tourism &congresses

Logistics Financial & business services

ICT/eScience

Creativeindustry

• Economic growth: 1% more growth in the Amsterdam metropolitan area than in European benchmarks• Attracting more foreign companies related to the already strong sectors

• Increase of R&D: yearly growth of 5%• Strengthen knowledge infrastructure: 4 international advanced education centers with a focus on the strong sectors• Talent: duplication of number of foreign students in 2020• New businesses: duplication number of spin-offs from knowledge institutions

• Strengthening of the existing sectors, measured in added value, employment, regional specialisation, and international competitiveness

Innovation: driver of international

competitive strength

Life Sciences

Food & flowersTourism & congresses

Logistics

Creative industryFinancial & business services

ICT/eScience

The Amsterdam metropolitan area has a number of strong sectors that operate internationally. The Amsterdam Economic Board wants to increase the innovative and competitive strength of these sectors by means of targeted collaboration between businesses, knowledge institutes and government authorities. Traditionally businesses create prosperity, schools and universities produce knowledge and the government coordinates and facilitates different interests.

The triple helix model allows them to develop a joint strategy, combine implementation and resources, facilitate promising crossovers and deal with bottlenecks together. This enables each to contribute to the Board based on their own strengths. This ties in with the national approach, whereby ten top sectors work according to a triple helix model to form a strong economy.

Strategy

• Expansion of the seven strong sectors

• Accelerator of promising crossovers • Focus on boundary conditions such as human capital

Triple helix: joining forces of three worlds

Approach

Collaboration: a strong and shared strategy by

businesses, knowledge institutes and government

World Smart Capital

Life Sciences Fund Amsterdam II

Green Forensics

Amsterdam 2013

Proof of concept fund

Almere Data Capital

The Amsterdam Campus

Open data exchange

Seamless connections

Tracer Center Amsterdam

Lean and Green Amsterdam

ALOHA RSV

The Amsterdam Economic Board

The members of the Amsterdam Economic Board are representatives from businesses, knowledge institutes and government authorities in the Amsterdam metropolitan area. They have joined forces in this strong and ambitious collaboration.

Chairman

Eberhard van der Laan Mayor City of Amsterdam

Industry

Harry van Dorenmalen General Manager IBM

Netherlands

Hans van der Noordaa CEO ING Retail Banking

Benelux

Bas Verhart Founder and CEO

Mediarepublic

Jos Nijhuis CEO Schiphol Group

Timo Huges CEO FloraHolland

Henk Markerink CEO Amsterdam ArenA /

supervisory Board ATCB

Jaap Goudsmit Director Crucell Vaccine Institute,

Janssen Center of Excellence for

Immunoprophylaxis

Age Fluitman Chairman Amsterdam

Chamber of Commerce

Marry de Gaay Fortman Chair VNO-NCW Amsterdam

Area

Knowledge and research community

René Smit Chairman Executive Board VU

Louise Gunning Chairman and member of the

Executive Board UvA and HvA

Marja Zonnevylle Manager Gas Processing Shell

Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink Professor University of Amsterdam

Louise Fresco Professor of the University of

Amsterdam / member of

KNAW / Chair of SER

Government

Annemarie Jorritsma Mayor City of Almere

Carolien Gehrels Alderman City of Amsterdam

Arthur van Dijk Alderman City of

Haarlemmermeer

Jan van Run Councillor Province Noord-

Holland

Would you like to know more about the Amsterdam Economic Board?

Are you curious to know what the Amsterdam Economic Board can do for you? Do you think you could provide added value to the Board? Or are you looking for information about the sectors, projects, news and meetings of the Board?

Then visit www.amsterdameconomicboard.com

Amsterdam Economic BoardP.O. Box 2852, 1000 CW AmsterdamDe Ruyterkade 5, AmsterdamThe Netherlandssecretariaat@amsterdameconomicboard.com